We are sad to learn that lead singer and songwriter for The Muffs, Kim Shattuck, has died after a long two-year struggle with ALS. She was 56.

The news came from her husband, Kevin Sutherland, writing, “This morning the love of my life Kim passed peacefully in her sleep after a two-year struggle with ALS. I am the man I am today because of her. She will live with all of us through her music, our shared memories and in her fierce creative spirit. I love you always my Kimmy. Thanks for sharing your life with me.”

For the full death list head over to Musicians who died in 2019.

October (6)

[02 Oct 2019] Giya Kancheli (Georgian composer for Unusual Exhibition), 84
[02 Oct 2019] Barrie Masters (English singer for Eddie and the Hot Rods), 63
[02 Oct 2019] Kim Shattuck (American singer, songwriter and musician for The Muffs), 56, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
[01 Oct 2019] Karel Gott (Czech singer), 80, acute myeloid leukemia
[01 Oct 2019] Bat McGrath (American musician and songwriter for Friends and Love), 73, liver cancer
[01 Oct 2019] Beverly Watkins (American blues guitarist), 80